Mike Kirkendahl
| Mike Kirkendahl | ||||
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| Sex | M | |||
| Spouse | Joyce Kirkendahl | |||
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Mike Kirkendahl was a married to Joyce and lived in Bradford, Michigan. They have one son, Mike Junior and two daughters, Michelle and Shayna. All are remarkably tall, "Joyce was six foot two and her father Mike six foot five"GM4 "Mike Junior [was] his father's height,"GM14 Michelle reached six foot two and then Shae grew past six foot eight while in high school.
Not only were they all tall, Joyce worked to ensure they were all comfortable with it. "Back when Joyce had been in high school, and on the far side of six feet, she'd spent a lot of time slouching around, trying to hide the fact that she felt like such a freak. It made her ashamed to remember those days, how odd, how out of step it had made her. When she married Mike and it became clear that all their kids were going to be tall, she made up her mind to drive home to them every way she could that being tall was nothing to be ashamed about"GM14
Mike was an executive with General Hardware for years and had known Bill Riley long before arriving Bradford. "Both Mike and Bill had worked in the General Hardware Retailers corporate headquarters in Wheat Ridge, in the outskirts of Denver."GM14 Around 1978, both were transferred to Bradford, with Mike becoming the shipping supervisor. Mike was promoted to Distribution Manager, Bill's old job, when Bill was moved to General Manager around 1983GM4. In 1989 Mike was promoted to run the Adairsville plant. Sometime before September 2001, Mike has once again stepped into Bill's shoes, now as the Vice-President for Distribution in Denver.PUTP16.
Shae was a member of Bradford High School's Class of 1988. With the Riley's transfer back to Denver, the Kirkendahl's hosted a joint reception of the graduating party. "Bill had been an important person in the community with a lot of friends, and Mike still was, so the house was crowded, and there were many people who had to be greeted, most for probably the last time."GM16
